JULIETTE D. MARQUIS - BIO

Juliette D. Marquis is a Ukraine-born documentary producer, director, and writer on subjects ranging from black-market trades, social justice, biotechnology, and hackerism. In 2020 Marquis co-founded a media/technology company called GroundStorm Media and is the president and founder of Tiaki.org, a technology non-profit organization that connects survivors of sexual violence. She is the creator and director of the Dent series, which profiles people who help shape our world and is in distribution talks on a feature documentary she wrote, produced, and directed called Horn Maker, filmed across Africa and Southeast Asia, about a man set to disrupt the black-market trade of rhino horn by using biotech. Marquis was a producer and 1st AD on the Hulu documentary Jewel Thief and The Butterfly Effect directed by Phillipe Colland. She was the VR producer on An Elephant Story for the Elephant Cooperation and producer on the documentary film Renegade, leading a team undercover into Mexico to film in brothels and gangland territories, finding sources to expose the underground human trafficking web.

Previously, Marquis was an executive producer and designer for experiential activations such as the 2008 Super Bowl Village in Scottsdale, the W Hotel's grand opening in Phoenix, senior event designer for Activision: Call of Duty Black Ops Game Launch and E3 booth, and senior producer for the Apple+ activation at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, coming to America as a refugee right before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Marquis' career began when she was signed to the prestigious Elite International modeling agency. She appeared on runways throughout Europe, signing campaigns to be the face of Guess apparel, Christian Lacroix, and BEBE. In Los Angeles, Marquis progress into acting, starred in films and series alongside Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Stuart Masterson, Margo Kidder, and Rosario Dawson. Earning such reviews as Roger Ebert’s “…this film is of historical value, because it centers on the first performance of an actress who is going to be a big star.” Screen International’s “…Marquis is the epitome of a movie goddess exuding as much intelligence as sex appeal.” Her films premiered at Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, Prague, and Berlin winning several awards including Best Actress from Film Internationale di Milano among others.

In 2021 Marquis penned her first scripted feature film called “Maya”, centered around the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014, production of which has been put on hold due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  This feature will be Marquis' directorial debut into scripted entertainment.